Wading Through the Grief Caused by Suicide and Choosing Hope

Beth VogtBeth K. Vogt, brokenness, challenges, choices, crisis, family, grief, hope, perspective, Quotes, Reality, Relationships, suffering 32 Comments

@bethvogt   There are times grief throws us to our knees. We gasp for breath even as we try to grasp hold of what we’ve heard. It can’t be true. It can’t be . . . A longtime friend, someone I love and respect – someone who has shown me kindness again and again – died by suicide a few …

Being Strong Enough to Abandon the Idea that We are Less Than Anyone Else

Beth Vogtacceptance, Beth K. Vogt, bravery, challenges, choices, confidence, courage, Identity, In Others' Words, Life, perspective, Quotes, strength 24 Comments

  Most people don’t know I have a disability. Most days, I prefer it that way because I used to be afraid of how people would react. Today I decided to talk about it. About sixteen years ago, I was diagnosed with a hearing loss. I’d been frustrating my family with a lot of comments like “Huh?” and “What did …

Success is not Who We Are

Beth VogtAuthors, Beth K. Vogt, challenges, confidence, dreams, failure, goals, In Others' Words, Life, lifequotes, perseverance, perspective, Reality, success, Writing 5 Comments

Know Your Values to Succeed by @bethvogt   Success is serious business to a lot of people – to just about everyone. People spend a lot of time defining success. Redefining it. Pursuing it. Achieving it. Set your sights on any sort of goal – academic, athletic, creative – and the question pops up in some form or another: Are …

In Others’ Words: Look and Find

Beth VogtIdentity, In Others' Words, Quotes 8 Comments

How good are you at looking at yourself and liking yourself? Me? For years, I struggled with looking at myself and liking what I saw. I couldn’t see anything positive because it was blocked by a whole lot of negative self-talk. How we see ourselves is often affected by what we’ve heard others say about us. Finding positives about ourselves? …

In Others’ Words: The Demands of Insecurity

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I’ve certainly sat on the ledge and attempted to reason with insecurity … and lost. I’ve tried to calm my self-doubts with both truths and the Truth and found myself staring down, down, down, realizing that insecurity is stone-deaf to that kind of wisdom and good sense.  I also agree with my writing friend Jill Buteyn that insecurity is an all-too-willing assassin, one …

In Others’ Words: Don’t Forget to Remember … You

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  You should see me trying to get out the door. I slip on my shoes, gather my bottle of Sobe Lifewater, grab my purse, and head for the garage. Once I get to my car, I remember something I forgot to bring with me — my car keys maybe, or a manuscript I need to read, or my checkbook. So …